Method of packing enamel brick



Nov. 10,

J. F. BOORAEM METHOD OF PACKING ENAMEL BRICK Filed June 9, 1922 2Sheets$heet 1 Nov. 10, 1925- 1,561,210 J. F. BOORAEM METHOD OF PACKINGENAMEL BRICK Filed June 9, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M 61 1 13024 WA!Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

. UNITED] STATES rai'rtz ri'r OFFICE.

- JonNwnANCIs BOORAEMfOF snEENwICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNQR To AMERICANENAMELED BRICK & TILE COMPANY, or NEw YORK, N. Y., n CoRroaATIoN or NEWYORK.

METHOD OF PACKING ENAMEL BRICK.

Application filed June 9, 1922 Serial No. 567,067.

To all whom it mag sconcern:

Be it known that I, JoHN FRANCIS BOORAEM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Greenwich, ounty of Fairfield, and State ofConnecticut, have 1nvented a certain new and useful Method of PackingEnamel Brick, of which the following is a specification. I Thisinvention relates to an improved method of packing enamel brick or otherfriable articles to protect the same against breakage during transortation. I

Heretofore, in the s i ment of brick-two general methods ofpacking thesame in the cars have been employed. In one method of packing, thebricks are placed in individual paper jackets or wrappers, the wrapperextending over one end of the brick. These individual wrappers arerelatively expensive and also, considerable time is consumed in placingthe bricks in such Wrappers prior to acking the brick in the cars.Another met 0d which has been usd is to lay. long straw between theadjacent brick rows, The enameled faces ,of the bricks are uppermostandstraw is also laid between the superposed layers of brick. Frequently,this straw is of very poor quality and due to carelessness in placingthe straw,considerable breakage ,often results from shiftingmovements'of the brick rows caused by inertia in stoppingand startingthe train arid non-uniformthickness.

of straw.

It is, therefore, the primary object and purpose of my present inventionto provide a new method of packing enamel brick which may be easilyperformed with a'minihereinafter more fully described,- illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and subsequently incorporated in the,subjoined claim. a

In the'drawings wherein I have disclosed several practical embodimentsof the. present invention andin which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the first step in preparingthe packing material;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of the packingstrips in Connection with the individual rows of brick extendingtransversely of .the car,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of thepacking which In carrying out my invention, in one embodiment thereof Ipreferably use corrugated paper as the packing material. As

shown in Figure -1 of the drawings this'paper may be obtained in theform of a roll 5,

wound upon a suitable mandrel 6. The paper roll is supported upon oneend of the table 7, and as the paper is withdrawn from the roll over thesurface ofthe table it is cut off in lengths substantially equal to theinterior width of thecar, to be loaded. This width varies from 4 6 to 66?. The table 7 may be provided with a suitableadjustablegauge as willbe obvious, so as to properly position the end of the paper sheet withrelation to the point at which the cutting knife is located, inaccordance with the predetermined width of the car. The corrugated papersheet either as it is withdrawn from the roll or subsequently, is scoredon a line in spaced relation to one edge thereof, as indicated at 8. Thedistance between the score line and the longitudinal edge of the sheetis equal to or greater thanthe width of the brick, approximately 4", forbricks of the standard size which are 8" long, 2

'thick and 3 in width.

In packing the bricks in the cars the strips of corrugated paper arelaid transversely of the car floor as each transverse row of bricks ispackedin the car. 'The bricks are positioned on edge with their longerdimensions extending longitudinally of the car and the enameled surfacesof the bricks at the top.

lower edge faces of bricks and the car floor.

The longitudinal edge portion of the packing strip is then bent upwardlyalong the score line 8 to provide an upstanding cushioning web 10 overthe ends of the bricks. The next transverse row of bricks is laid upon asecond packing strip in a similar manner'with said bricks engaged at oneof their ends against the outer side of the upstanding web portion 10 ofthe pack ing stripwhich was transversely laid. In this way the packingof the bricks in transverse rows continues for the fulllength of thecar. Before packing the next superposed-transverse rows of bricks uponthose previously laid, the packing strips of corrugated paper are firstpositioned with their wider portions 9 upon the enameled surfaces of thebrick rows previously laid so that when the bricks are arranged uponsaid packing strips, the enameled faces of the lower row of bricks willbe protected against injurious abrasive action or chi ping. In thismanner the packing-of the hricks continiies until the car is entirelyfilled. It will be seen that the corrugated' packin paper is interposedbetween the oppose faces of the adjacent brick rowsbothlongitudinallyand vertically of the car. Thus if any shifting of thebricks should occur through inertia in stopping or starting the train,the corrugated PfiCkHlg StIlpS acting as a cushioning medium willprevent chipping or breakage of the brick ends or injury to the enameledfaces of the brick. The corrugated packing paper in strip form is easilyhandled and may be very quickly arranged in proper position as the brickare packed into the car, thus greatly expediting the packing of the carover the time consumed in the use of methods heretofore in vogue.

as the transverse rows of bricks are packed in the car substantiallyprovide a. continuous packing sheet extending the entire length ing maybe most readily placed in position by first layin two transverse rows ofbricks in spaced re ation to each other and then' placing the packingsheet with the respective brick rows extending into the channels 12 onthe underside of the sheet. Another transverse row of bricks is thenlaid in the upper intermediate channel of the section of packingmaterial between the spaced brick rows which were first laid. y

In Figures 5 to 8 of the drawings I illus- 'trate another alternativemethod wherein a transverse row of bricks is first laid upon the carfloor with one of their ends slightly spaced from the end Wall of thecar, as shownin Fig. 5. The rolled sheet of corrugated paper 5 having awidth approximately equal to the car width is then arranged in the carand the end 5" of the corrugated sheet is positioned between the end ofthe bricks and'the end Wall of the car. The roll is then carriedlongitudinally and extended over the enameled upper faces of thetransverse row of bricks, as seen in Figure 6 of the drawings. In layingthe next transverse row of bricks the corrugated paper is drawndownwardly between the opposed ends of the bricks in the adjacent rows.As seen in Figure 7 of the drawings,

the same relative arrangement of the corrugated paper and the bricks isattained as in the form of the packing sheet illustrated in Figures 3and 4 of the drawings, which is cut into sections and provided with thebrick receiving channels. After a complete layerof bricks has been laidupon the car floor, the next superposed layer of brick is laid and thepaper roll is manipulated so that the corrugated paper is positionedbetween the Vertical and horizontally adjacent bricks, as seen in Figure8 of the drawings. Of course it will be apparent that if desired, as thelaying of each horizontal layer of brick is completed, the corrugatedpaper sheet may be cut off from the roll. Howprovided for handling ormanipulating the roll of corrugated paper, I prefer to use a rolledsheet of sufficient length that the packmg sheet may extend continuouslybetween the adjacent brick rows for the full capacity of the car.

From the foregoing description consid-- ered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, my improved method of packing enamel brick andthe several advantages thereof will be fully understood. It will beapparent that by this method of packing, using the corrugated sheet orstrip material, the expense incident to properly protecting the brickagainst injury during transportation may be appreciably reduced in com-.parison tothe expense incurred in the use of the prior methodsof'packing, as previously referred to, Moreover, considerable time whichhas heretofore been consumed in placing the bricks in individual jacketsor wrappers. in the warehouse, is saved and as the placing'of the,packing material takes place concurrentlywith the packing of the brickinto the car, it is ev dent .i that the packing operation is verygreatly expedited y means of my present invention.

I have herein referred to several embodiments of my improved method, butit is possible that other alternatives thereof might be devised andaccordin ly, it is .to be understood that I reserve the privile e ofadopting such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly embodiedwithin thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim: I 7

The method of packing brick in cars for transport which consists inarranging the brick in superim osed horizontal courses within the carwit a plurality of transverse having portions extending alternatel aboveand beneath the transverse rows 0 bricks and between the opposed ends ofthe bricks in adjacent rows to bond said. transverse rows of brickstogether and prevent relative shifting movement of the individual brickor contact of the horizontally or vertically adjacent brick with eachother.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as.

my invention, Ihave signed my name hereunder.

J. FRANCIS 'BO'IO-RAEM.

